Plorans plorabit - Byrd, William

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"If the "king and queen" of the text are intended as a contemporary reference (which would accord completely with Byrd's genius for scoring political points through the careful selection of unimpeachable Biblical texts), this piece must have been composed in 1603-5, making it one of the very last of his Latin settings.<br>"

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → ATTBB

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate

↕ Range F2 – E-5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 88

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 4632

Editor David Fraser

Posted 2003-02-08

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Alto

G3 – E-5

Tenor

C3 – B-4

Baritone

B-2 – F4

Bass

F2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

Plorans plorabit, et deducet oculus meus lachrimas meas, quia captus est grex Domini. Dic regi et dominatrici, humiliamini, sedete, quoniam descendit de capite vestro corona gloriae vestrae.